Download Understanding English Grammar

By Robert Pittman
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Punctuation
Parts of Speech
Sentence
Patterns
Words and
Phrases
Terminology
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Punctuation 200
S These are the possible options to ending a sentence.
S (Click to see a hint)
S Hint: There are three.
Punctuation 400
S Inserting this at the end of a sentence makes it interrogative.
Punctuation 600
S This punctuation mark has the ability to make nouns
possessive. It can also be substituted for a letter missing in a
contraction.
Punctuation 800
S This punctuation mark is used to connect two independent
clauses which are similar to each other.
Punctuation 1000
S This punctuation mark is used to omit certain information
from a text.
Parts of Speech 200
S This word can be made plural and/or possessive.
Parts of Speech 400
S This word can show tense, such as present and past.
Parts of Speech 600
S This word acts as a modifier of verbs, and it contributes
information of time, place, reason, manner, and the like.
Parts of Speech 800
S This word is considered independent of the main sentence,
often punctuated with an exclamation point.
S (Click to see an example sentence)
S Example sentence:
S Wow! That’s not what I expected.
Parts of Speech 1000
S This word is one of the determiner classes, including the
indefinite a, or an, which signals only countable nouns, and
the definite the, which can signal all classes of nouns.
Sentence Patterns 200
S This sentence pattern (I-X) best describes the sentence below
S The dog is upstairs.
Sentence Patterns 400
S This sentence pattern (I-X) best describes the sentence below
S His mom appears upset.
Sentence Patterns 600
S This sentence pattern (I-X) best describes the sentence below
S The dogs were hungry.
Sentence Patterns 800
S This sentence pattern (I-X) best describes the sentence below
S The students consider the course a challenge.
Sentence Patterns 1000
S This sentence pattern (I-X) best describes the sentence below
S On Friday, Bill drove very slowly through the storm.
Words and Phrases 200
S Identify the highlighted part in the sentence below
S The girl with the black hair is sitting over there.
Words and Phrases 400
S Identify the highlighted part in the sentence below
S Many students in my class are preparing to become
teachers.
Words and Phrases 600
S Identify the highlighted part in the sentence below
S The pepperoni pizza was very tasty.
Words and Phrases 800
S Identify the highlighted part in the sentence below
S This paper is well-written.
Words and Phrases 1000
S Identify the highlighted part in the sentence below
S We have been eating pizza.
Terminology 200
S This term encompasses the many rules a language has.
Terminology 400
S This term describes usage of a language that does not
conform to the rules that native speakers follow.
Terminology 600
S This term is the version of our language that has come to
the be the standard for written public disclosure—for
newspapers and books and for most of the writing you do in
school and on the job.
Terminology 800
S This term describes the combination of sounds into
meaningful units and words.
Terminology 1000
S This term describes the systematic combination of words
into meaningful phrase structures and sentence patterns.
Punctuation 200
S What is a period, question mark, and exclamation point?
Punctuation 400
S What is a question mark?
Punctuation 600
S What is an apostrophe?
Punctuation 800
S What is a semicolon?
Punctuation 1000
S What is an ellipsis?
Parts of Speech 200
• What is a noun?
Parts of Speech 400
S What is a verb?
Parts of Speech 600
S What is an adverb?
Parts of Speech 800
S What is an interjection?
Parts of Speech 1000
S What is an article?
Sentence Patterns 200
S What is sentence pattern I?
S (Click to see this sentence described in detail)
S The dog (subject) is (predicating verb) upstairs (adverbial).
S Noun phrase + predicating verb + adverbial/time/place =
Sentence Pattern I
Sentence Patterns 400
S What is sentence pattern IV?
S (Click to see this sentence described in detail)
S His mom (subject) appears (linking verb) upset (adjectival).
S Noun phrase + linking verb + adjectival = Sentence Pattern
IV
Sentence Patterns 600
S What is sentence pattern II?
S (Click to see this sentence described in detail)
S The dogs (subject) were (predicating verb) hungry
(adjectival)
S Noun phrase + predicating verb + adjectival = Sentence
Pattern II
Sentence Patterns 800
S What is sentence pattern X?
S (Click to see this sentence described in detail)
S The students (subject) consider (transitive verb) the course
(direct object) a challenge (object complement).
S Noun phrase + transitive verb + direct object + object
complement = Sentence Pattern X
Sentence Patterns 1000
S What is sentence pattern VI?
S (Click to see this sentence described in detail)
S On Friday, Bill (subject) drove (intransitive verb) very slowly
through the storm.
S Noun phrase + intransitive verb = Sentence pattern VI
Words and Phrases 200
S What is an adjective?
Words and Phrases 400
S What is a prepositional phrase?
Words and Phrases 600
S What is a qualifier?
Words and Phrases 800
S What is a demonstrative pronoun/determiner?
Words and Phrases 1000
S What is an auxiliary verb?
Terminology 200
S What is grammar?
Terminology 400
S What is ungrammatical?
Terminology 600
S What is Edited American English?
Terminology 800
S What is morphology?
Terminology 1000
S What is syntax?
Bibliography
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Kolln, Martha, and Robert Funk. Understanding English Grammar. New York:
Longman, 2011. Print.
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LFC Catalogue. Furniture and Literary Resources for Primary School
Libraries and Classrooms. LFC, 2014. Web. 2 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.lfccatalogue.co.uk/clearance-items/punctuationcushions.html>.
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My Cyber Wall. My Cyber Wall. MCW, n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.mycyberwall.co.za/get-smart/english/grade-4/parts-speech>.
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Warren County Schools. South Warren Middle School. WCS, n.d. Web. 2
Feb. 2014.
<http://www.warrencountyschools.org/olc/page.aspx?id=8692&s=2602>.